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El Salvador with Marwan Hage, Part 2

By: Ken Dick, President
 
Another major highlight was our trip to Remar, an orphanage that is home to over 80 children. This was not Speroway’ first visit to Remar, a place where we have provided medical and dental care to the orphans and the surrounding community on three previous

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El Salvador with Marwan Hage, Part 1

By: Ken Dick, President
 
On the morning of April 10th, four of us headed to Toronto airport to board a plane to San Salvador, El Salvador’s capital city. Even though I travel a lot, this trip was a unique event for me because I rarely travel with a professional

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“Gracias” from El Salvador!

By: Ken Dick, President
 
Returning to El Salvador is always uplifting – lots of sunshine and hot days. Just over two months ago we were here with our Medical/Dental Team where over an eight-day period, we treated almost 5,000 patients in our clinics. But, this country is a country of

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El Salvador – Day 5: Return to Remar

Today was the day the veterans were looking forward to the most.  Over the years, Speroway has forged a special bond with the Remar Orphanage, and more specifically, the children who live there.  In some cases, they were abandoned and in others, their parents were drug addicts, in jail or

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Share Day 2011: Concord Hospitality

On Thursday May 26, 2011 Speroway joined forces with Concord Hospitality in Canada, for Share Day 2011.
In our third year partnering with the Concord group, we provided Family Food Boxes and hygiene boxes – 400 of each – to families in Rexdale, ON thanks to the generous donations of Concord

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Maple Leaf Foods Donates Meat

Through our corporate partnership with Maple Leaf Foods, we have been able to direct 5500 lbs (11 skids) of meat product to several First Nations communities.
Our shipping partner dedicated to First Nations communities is Faith Charities of Ontario. Faith Charities is able to handle large quantity shipments and partners with

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THE SQUATTER FRINGE: SOMALIA

Notes from Ken Dick, Friday April 1, 2011: Somalia, El Salvador: This is the squatter area on the fringe of San Salvador.  We have visited this community twice before.  We know we will be working under tarpaulins in crude wood structures and we have been told there is a threat

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